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( =??? mob mm aim. Balked in an Effort to Lynch a Neero. It Begins to Shoot. THE COUNTY JAIL STORMED. Biolers Numbering Thousands In Battle, - - - v- T?IUra L. and Many 8I101 uown ?j Sogro Prltootr Wa? Spirited to Cleveland ? Frenzied Crowd Applies the Torch?Mayor Appeal* For Troopa. Akron, Ohio (Special).?An angry mob baffled in its attempt to lynch a. negro, began a pitched battle with the Mayor uud other city officials. A baby ana a ten-year-old boy were killed and many unknown men shot. J. M. Davidson was in an open carriage in the main street of Akron with his wife and baby. The child was asleep in its mother's arms. A shot from a policeman's revolver instantly killed the child. Another man was also shot, and will die. The dead are: Glen Wade, aged ten, jhot through the heart: John M. Davidson's four-year-old child, shot dead in a baby carriage. Mayor W. E. Young and other city officials, after being hooted and atoned by the mob. took refuge in the Inner rooms of the ci'y building. A negro named Louis Peck made an nccfiult fMiristhia. a six Ullt'Ilipi IV . year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore. Maas, white people of this city. The uegro was arrested at one o'clock next morning and locked up In the city prison. At 7.30 o'clock p. m. a mob of several thousand persons gathered about the prison yelling for the life of Peck. They forced their way into the city prison and searched all the cells. The officers offered no reBlstance as the negro had been removed in the early part of the evening. The mob then rushed for the county jail and forced open the outer doors of the building. The jail was soon packed with the howling members of the mob who insisted that Peck was there. Deputy Sheriff Stone addressed the mof>. saying that Peck was not there. A committee was appointed by the mob and was permittee to search the jail from top to bottom. The mob " then rushed across the street and forced open the doors of the Conrt House and searched that building. Peck was not there anu another rush was made for the city prison, which was again soon packed. The officers made no resistance and Mayor Young appeared at a window in the upper part of the building and attempted to address the crowd. He told the people that Peck and another negro named "Bug" Howard, who was i arrested two weeks ago tor snooting a white man, were removed from the i \ city by Sheriff Kelly. At 4 o'clock he took the two colored prisoners to Cleveland for safe keeping. The mob attacked the city oulldlng for the third time soon after 10 o'clock. People in the crowd opened fire on the building and it was returned by the police officers in the building. One , boy was shot dead and several people wounded. Shortly after midnight the mob broke into a hardware store and tole all the firearms and ammunition they could find, including guns, rities and revolvers, and proceeded to the city building and opened fire on the defenders, and finally set fire to the Columbia Hall, which adjoins the city building. Columbia Hall was burned to the ground and the city building was set on tire. The Fire Department was ^ called out. but was unable to do much work. Out? tin-man was shot and the ? rioters cut the hose at every oppor" tunity. The trolley wires and some of the t electric light and telephone wires In the centre of the city were cut The Mayor telegraphed to the Clov< land Tolice Department for forty p; licemen. The office of the Morning Journal Beacon, opposite the city building, was partly demolished by stones and bullets. Dynamite was used in front of the city buildiug. The first charge smashed all the windows in the buildiug and did much other damage. All prisoners were released from the city prison. Alon/.o Manchester, a fireman. has been shot in the neck.'John Horn was shot in the arm. The Governor was requested to call out the National Guard to suppress toe riot. DYNAMITE IN A TURNPIKE WAR. Fragments of a Toll-Gate Scattered Ore. a Whole Towntlilp. Logansport, Ind. (Special).?A mob of twenty-five men visited the north toll pate of the Burlington pike and blew it up with dynamite. The charge was placed in the middle room of the house, and the force of the explosion drove the walls outward and the roof high into the air. The outrage was carefully planned. No toll had been collected for three days, and both toll gate keepers had fcoen removed in compliance with whiteeap notices. The owners of the pike declare that flip ennntv Jms rnfrnifii'il from hnvint* because the citizens protest against opening a highway, which will attract trade to Logansport. Tl^e road is assessed at $1000 a mile, but the county offers the company only $212. D. C. Justice, President of the turnpike company, says he iaji4ie^ess against mobs and dynamite, and doesn't see how it can protect and enforce its legul rights. Ay ^ Big Fruit Crop Promised. Oswego (N. Y.) fruit growers announce that the fruit yield in this county will be the largest in many years. The apple crop will be 150.000 barrels, or about twice the ordinary quantity. There will also be extraordinary crops of pears, pluma and neaches. Boer* Concentrating Again. The Boer generals have collected ftfXMi men ai Malachadorp, witl. ..11 the Boer artillery. Peanut Crop a Failure. The depressing news comes from Virginia that the peannt crop is a failure. The long drought has so affected the vines that the output will not he more than one-third of a full crop. Prices will be high. Georgia's Cotton Crop Sliort. The Hon. 0. B. Stevens. Commis* sioner of Agriculture for Georgia, in his report just made public estimates the cotton crop of Georgia this year at 9."?8,000 bales, against '1,205,800, th? average of five previous years. t / ! THE NEWS EPITOMIZED Waahlncton Item*. Cresident McKlnley. according to Governor Roosevelt, will devote his letter of acceptance almost exclusively to the question of imperialism. The President has decided to {rive out his letter of acceptance from Canton about a month hence. Senor Don Manuel Alverez Calderon. the new Minister of Peru, was formally received by the President. He ' wore the brilliant uniform of the Pe ruvlan Diplomatic service. Alvey A. Adee, acting Secretary of State, made the introduction. The usual complimentary remarks were exchanged. Before they left for New York the 1400 Cuban school teachers affectionately greeted General Cisneros. former President of Cuba, who is in the city. Many of them threw their arms around the old veteran's neck and covered his gray-bearded face with kisses. Sergeant "Buck" Taylor, known as "king of the cowboys," a dashing cavalryman and one of the best-known of the Rough Riders, died at Providence Hospital a few days ago. The Na>y Department received word from the builders of the new firstclass battleship Wisconsin that, barring accidents,* she will be ready for her official trial by September 15. She is building at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. General MacArthur has cabled the WajL- Department a brief statement concerning the health of the troops In. the Philippines. The number of sick in the hospitals is set down at 3868, and in quarters at 1261, making a total of 5129 sick soldiers, or 8.47 per cent, of the entire army in the archipelago. Admiral i-nd Mrs. Dewey are among the few prominent residents of Washington who are lingering iu that vicinity dur.nr- the heated term. Onr Adopted IiMnda, Cnban customs receipts for the first half of 1900 were over $8,000,000, far more than in 1S99 for same period. Governor-General Wood, of Cuba, rode 120 miles in twenty hours across the island. Mail advices from the Philippines show that American troops frequently are compelled to storm well constructed trenches held by rebels. Domestic* M. D. Whitman defeated W. A. Larued in the championship tennis match at Newport, R. I., thus retaining the trophy. The county courthouse at Medina. Ohio, was wrecked by an explosion of dynamite, a large box of which was stored in the basement of the building. The jauitor was injured, and several county officials badly shaken up. Expert accountants at Shelbyville, Ind., finished their investigation of the county books. They report a probable shortage of $105,000 in Treasurer J. Marsh Wilson's office. The population of Minneapolis was given out by the Census bureau as 202,718: of St. Paul as 103,032. The Indian Famine Relief Fund, at New York, has reached $212,079.54. The Kelley axe factory, the largest plant of its kind in the world, was dcof??AT*A/1 1\tt firo of llarnnHrln Tnri 'Fhf* loss will reach $700,000. almost all covered by insurance. The Uvalde (Texas) National Bank, it Is claimed, has been defrauded out of $4300 by a man giving his name as E. Fisher. The fraud is alleged to have been accomplished by means of a confederate tapping the wires and forging telegrams. Convinced that she was an incurable consumptive. Ella Thompson committed suicide in New York City rather than marry Charles Seever and become a burdeu to him. While frightening a crowd of negroes by pretending she was a ghost. Flor euce Almond, aged fifteen yelrs, was struck on the bead with a brick thrown by one of the negroes and killed. Six hundred prospectors returned fiom Capv Nome, with stories of destitution and illness there. The design presented by Thompson Stickle for a monument to be erected over the grave of Abraham Lincoln's mother, in Spencer County, Ind., has been accepted by the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Monument Association. The Liberty Congress In Indianapolis voted to support William J. Bryan for the Presidency. So great was the demand for lemons and limes during the heated season tuat the price of both rose from twenty-five to thirty per cent. The French Government is seeking i cfoamore tn mppv n million tnn<s ctf I coal from Norfolk, Va., to France. A dead-lock between the wine makers and wine growers of Fresno. Cal., has ended in the breaking up of the; growers' combine. Grapes are now selling for $13 and $14 a ton, instead of $18 and $20, the prices fixed by the ' association. 1 Foreign. The coal ring is tightening ils grip on the English consumer, as the importation of coal from the United States, even at present prices, is unprofitable, owing to the freightage. Mrs. Florence Maybrick, talking to a reporter in her English prison, defended the late Lord Russell from attacks upon his memory. Bresci, King Humbert's assassin, asked delay iu his trial until witnesses from America could arrive in Rome. ' The Prussian Government is giving orders for 480 locomotives. A band of masked brigands, operating near Rome, have recently robbed a number of tourists, killing one. The British Government is arranging to relieve Lord Roberts in South Africa, deputing to a general of less consequence the vexatious work of rutiining down the partisan bands Awinent trust is organizing in Germany. f.. : v v Bresci. the anarchist who killed King Humbert, refuses to select a lawyer to conduct his defense. All the lawyers who have been Invited by the President of the court to undertake the defense of the assassin have j declined to serve. The Russian Government' Is trying to place an order In Canatta lor a million tons of coal. *' j/ ' Severe floods have occufred in Japan, and it is reported that 200 persons have been drowneds Railway traffic is interrupted. The allied forces captured ChingChin-War, on the road to Pekia. suffering slight loss, the Chinese leaving.] 300 dead on the field. The fisheries on the Newfoundland1 Grand Bauks are a failure. A dispatch from Tien-Tsln, Cl.ina, says Prince Tuan is having every one I executed who sympathizes with j>r provisions the forelznera. - _ ? / . mmm Jury Convicts Him of Participating ii Goebel's Murder. SENTENCE LIFE IMPRISONMENT Hnd of the Fainoua Trial at Georgetown K j.?PrUoner Take* the Verdict Calm Ij Denplte the Lnnc Strain of the Trla ?One of tlie Jurymen a KepubltcanDecliion Made After Two Ballot*. Georgetown, Ky. (Special).?The tria of Caleb Powers, Secretary of Stati of Kentucky in the Cabinet of Gov ernor Taylor, for complicity in th< murder of William E. Goebel, ende< in a verdict of guilty, with a sentenc* attached of imprisonment for life. The jury was out only forty-tivi minutes. It took two ballots. Thi first ballot was one for hanging am eleven for life imprisonment; the sec ond was unanimous. The jury had listened to the testi mony and speeches for six long weeks It was composed of eight Democrats three anti-Goebel Democrats and on< Republican. CALEB POWERS. W. H. YOPTSET. When the verdict was real aloud bj the clerk every one turned to observ< Its effect on the prisoner. 'For an In stant he seemed to be somewhai shocked, but soon he was smiling anc chatting pleasantly with the Misses Dangerfleld who sat next to him in side the bar. Powers has shown lit tie emotion during the trial. Onlj once did he wince, and that was when State's Attorney Franklin pointed fall finger at Powers's face and told him It would take "infinite mercy from th'f Great Master to pardon the inflnltt wrong you did Henry Youtsey in urging him on to the crime and inviting him into your office like the spider did IUU 11J t;/ . State's Attorney Franklin made ac Impassioned speech in closing the case and It Is believed that his speech pre (rented a hung jury. Judge Cantrill announced that the Joutsey trial would begin immediatel7>' TWO FICHTINC MEN DROWNED. They Bad a Quarrel While Driving and Their Honei Dashed Into the River. Binghamton, N. Y. (Special).?Frederick Hartwell and Frederick Edwards, both residents of Hancock, were drowned In the Delaware River it Ben's Eddy as the re sult of a quar rel. They and Marsden Ostrom had jtarted on a short driving trip into the country. They had reached Ben's Eddy when Hartwell and Edwards be.'Amp involved in a auarrel and Hart well struck Edwards on the head with a whip. Edwards dropped the reins to retaliate and the horse took frigl't and dashed over the river bank Into The river. Ostrom succeeded in swimming ashore and gave the alarm. Th"1 otbei two men could not swim and were drowned. Th? horses became cntan gled in the harness and were also lost 30.000 LEPERS IN PHILIPPINES. / Hundred Unfortunates Fonnd Concealed In Manila Houses. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Sur geon-General Sternberg has received a report from Major Guy L. Edie President of the Board of Health ir Manila, stating that the Board ol Health is considering a plan to segre g.ite all the lepers on one island where hospitals and other suitable buildings can be erected for their care The report states that leprosy was introduced in the Philippines in 1633 when the Emperor of Japan sent 15< lepers to the islands. Since the num ber has increased until the estimate is that there are 30,000 lepers in the archipelago, largely in the Vasayas In a recent Inspection of Manila, 10< lepers were found concealed in .various houses, while many others escapee to the country. Greater New York's Population. New York's population,as announcee by William It. Merriam, Director o the Census, is 3,437,202. The tota nonulation is distributed among thi several boroughs thus: Manhattan 1,830,09' The Bronx 200.50" Brooklyn 1,100,581 Richmond , 97,02: Queens 152,991 Riot In Porto Rico. A riot in Maynguez, Porto Rico caused by anti-American feeling, re suited in the death of one person and the fatal injury of two. Colombian Revolution Over. The surrender of the main body ol the Colombian revolutionary army wa: announced. AaarcliUt Plot Aealuit McKlnley. Two Italians, believed to be Anar chists, were detained at Quarantine, New York, on information received by the Secret Service Bureau in Wash ingtcn that the men were coming tc this country to take the life of Presi dent McKinley. Typhoid Ferer In Baltimore. Typhoid fever is prevailing in Bal timore, as the result of the heat anc dry weather, which have caused con tamiuation of the water supply. ? _ The Labor World. Swifts' Steel Company, at Syracuse N. Y? has -reduced the wages of its 150 employes twelve per cent. Postmaster Van Cott will emploj forty additional letter carriers in New Yock City, beginning October 1. The BookbinderV International Union Is making an effort to organize the women workers of the trade. The South Wales colliers are to re celve five per cent, advance, making the highest wage ever paid there. German locomotive engineers re wive a gold medal and $500 for everj too years' service without a miehaD . DOCTOR ONMURDERTODtl ? i , ' Liquor Crazed, He Shoots Uncle, Mother-in-Law and Sheriff. , KILLED BY DEAD SHERIFF'S SON. 8turle>y Harrington, a Maddened Physician, Drove Ahout With Bis Twelve1 Year-Old Child, Who Saw Him Shoot Three Persons?He Had Driven His Wife Froui Home. 1 Leavenworth, Ivan. (Special). ? A ? nnnrirnnle traeedy took place at Far lej*. a small town across the river in 2 Missouri. Dr. Sturley Harrington, a 1 physician, of Farley, intoxicated and ? imagining fancied wrongs, killed James Wallace, his uncle, a wealthy 2 farmer; Mrs. William Wallace, Har8 rington's mother-in-law, and J. P. Dil1 lingham, Sheriff of Platte County, who * tried to arrest him, and was in turn shot dead by Harry Dillingham, the * Sheriff's son. Harrington's twelve-year-old daugli' ter was a forced witness of the differ2 ent stages of the tragedy, the physician taking her with him in his buggy as he went from place to place on his bloody errand. Harrington quarreled with his wife; Saturday and drove her from home, threatening her life. Mrs. Harrington had not returued Monday morning,and Harrington, repairing to Wallace's house, demanded to know where she could be found. Wallace professed to have no knowledge of her whereabouts, whereat Harrington shot him twice. Leaving his victim as he lay, Harrington drove ualf a mile to the home of Mrs. William Wallace and again demanded to Hcow ofj Ills wife. To Mrs. Wallace's answer that she knew . nothing of Mrs. Harrington the plxyslr clan shot her dead. . ' ~ ? Harrington drove *lfnmecll atel$#to i 'drawing a revolvep^^mtinded the i There were *.dozen tteii^the storey i He missed, and Harrington, turning quickly, emptied his revolver la the t direction of the crowd. None of the , shots took effect. As the murderer emerged from the store Sheriff Dillingham me$ him. ! Harrington Instantly shot Dillingham. stepped over the body and started to run. He had/gone but a few rods when a shot from trie .revolver ol ' Harry Dillingham, son of the Sheriff, i brought him to the ground. Both the Sheriff and Harrington died within a few minutes. THREE PERSONS PERISH, ... Fotlle Efforts of One Victim to Sira tht Oilier Two. Cape May, N. J. (Special).?Ellen Young, Salina Newhouser and Albert i J. Schwab, all of Philadelphia, were drowned in the surf at Cape May point. They were bathing and got 1 beyond their depth. Schwab tried to save h'.s companions, holding their unconscious bodies above the water fot | some time. Just as a boat, which went to their rescue, reached his side he loosened his grasp on the women and sank out of sight. The women were taken ashore, and although the usual methods of resuscitating persons were resorted to for two hours they could not be brought, back to , Me. 1 MURDERED HIS FAMILY. \ / ' ' , MInneiota Farmer If III* H!l Wlfeand I Three Children. Arlington, Minn. (Special).?Theo, dore Wallart, a farmer living three . miles from town, killed his wife, a . boy nineteen years old, a girl six. teen years old and a baby. He then ! set fire to his barn, destroying the stable, with nine horses, a corn crib i and a barn full of hay. Mrs. Wallart had been trying to ) obtain a divorce, the couple having ?nrnlloM nnfa^n/l tho liAIIQO supuiro.Itru. r? auau uiiLCibu ? through a window and slaughtered the family, with the exception of one . child, a boy, wMo was wounded, how) ever, and probably will die. Wallart s fled. I Chicago, 1,698,575. The population of the city of Chij cago, according to the official count . of the return of the twelfth census, is as follows: 1 * 1900 1800 2 Chicago City 1,008,575 1,099,850 These figures show for the city as ] a whole an increase in population of 1 598,725, or 54.44 per cent., from 1S90 > to 1900. 1 ) Cuba's Former President Speaks. Senor Salvador Cisneros, former President of Cuba, in a petition to President McKinley, declares that the island should be permitted to draft its ' own constitution. Kansas City Firemen Best. f In the international exhibition of i fire apparatus at the Paris Exposition, the Kansas City firemen secured the 1rst place. Drowned Three Desperadoes. From Portageville, Pemiscot COunty, I Mo., comes the report of work by vig'lantes in ridding the community of > Thomas Cook, a desperate character, . and two pals. Cook was a noted gambler. * . Johnson Succeeds Heath. William M. Johnson, president of I Hie New Jersey State Senate, has accepted the position of First Assistant I'ostiuasrer-uem-i??. muur: lawm, 'he resignation of Perry S. Ileatb. Wliiri Causes Havoc. | A terrific wind storm struck Sheboygan, Wis. Eight large- buildings5 ' were completely wrecked two ' hundred small houses were blown down. The loss Is estimated tt $300,I 300. The storm, which raged-for only > ten minutes, was two miles wide und wrecked everything in its path. American Troops Pralaad. General Dorward, British, command* ing at Tien-Tsln, officially Pfonounced ' I the American troops "soldlfrs of the biffbeat floss." ' uuiiii Li Hung Chang's New Proposal Re? ceived in Washington. HE SUES FOR AN ARMISTICE. Hi* Latest Proposal Looked Upon On. favorably in Washington, While Austrlau Minuter Declares IIIm Dlalion, .est?Li Want* a Peace Conference? Suggests Conger as Our Representatlvs Washington. D. C. (Special).?An other peace proposal from LI Hung Chang, China's Plenipotentiary to arrange an armistice with the Powers, was delivered to the State Department by Mr. Wu Ting-fang, the Chinese Minister in Washington. It Is based on the bold assertion that the conditions laid down by the President and the Secretary of State as preliminaries to peace bad been complied with. One of these conditions was that order should be restored throughout the Chinese Empire, and Li's assertion was strongly at variance with official information which came on the same day that fighting was going, on In Pekin between Chinese troops and the allies. The great Chinese diplomatist has, therefore, invited another rejection of" his overtures. "Unless' there is a radical change in the situation he will be informed that this Government will refuse to entertain hie proposals. When the answer will be sent has not been determined, according to the guarded statement of officials. One of them said that the State Department will take its own time In responding. If this and other statements be true, the indications are that n/i onswor will h#? returned to Li until a detailed report of conditions at Pekin has been received from Minister Conger or General Chaffee. Earl Li suggests in his communica/ tlon that Minister Conger, having been released from his recent re* straint, would be acceptable to the * Imperial Government as the representative of the United States, in a conference between China and the Powers to effect an amicable settlement of the existing difficulties, but expresses confidence that any other person familiar with the situation named by this Gov* erilment would be acceptable to China aii'd indicates a desire to have the American representative near at hand so that the negotiations may begin . , soon. He assumes that the Powers wilj want to hold the peace conference In Pekin or Tlen-Tsin, and urges that steps in that direction be taken. It Is understood that while the apnpal has been addressed to the ether Powers, Earl Li wants the United States to take the initiative in bringing about the proposed peace conference, a natural sequence of the lead taken by this Government in laying down the conditions with which China must comply before any settlement can be reached. FARMERS TO WAR ON TOLLGATES. Uprising Expected in Indian* and Governor Moant Orders Troops to Uet Ready. Indianapolis, Ind. (Special).?The farmers of Cass County have declared war against the owners of the Burlington turnpike, who insist upon collecting toll for travel on the road. The company has employed fifty or sixty men to guard the tollgates at night and the farmers have organized to tear down the structures. Tolleate KeeDers Smith and Myers have received notices from the farmers that they would destroy the tollhouses and have been warned that If any resistance is made their lives will pay the penalty. ' The company has guards a* all the bridges on the road. The men are heavily armed and have been instructed to protect the property at any cost. So threatening has the sltuatiou become that the Sheriff of Cass Counties advised the Governor that he may need assistance in upholding the law, and the Executive has ordered the militia company at Peru to be in readiness to march at a moment's notice. \ . .. STRUCK OFF HIS CHILD'S HAND. Father's Heroic Meainre to Preveat Death From Snakebite. Selinsgrove, Penn. (Special).?While John Rankin, of Hickory Corners, and his eight-year-old son, were out picking huckleberries the boy was bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake. Certain that every moment meant life or death for his boy, Rankin seized the child, and with one blow of a heavy knife he carried struck off the hand at the wrist above the snake bite. Stopping the flow of blood with a cord about the arm, the father carried the child heme, and after several hours a doctor arrived and dressed the wound. The medical man says the boy will recover, and that the father saved his life by his heroic treatment. Henrr O. Barleieh Dead. Henry G. Burleigh, long prominent in business and politics in Northern New York, died at his residence in Whitehall, after a lingering illness. He had been incapacitated for active work for two years. Mr. Burleigh, in connection with his brother. Brackett W. Burleigh, had for many years virtual control of the transportation service on Lake Cbaniplain. He was sixty-eight years old. Three Killed at a Crossing, A team containing a party of campers was struck at Palm Station, ten miles below Allentown, Penn., by a north-bound passenger train. Three of the campers were killed instantly and the wagon was demolished. The dead men are James V. Gottschalk, aged thirty-eight, of New York City, manager of a theatrical bureau; John F. Wolle, aged forty-five, a painter of Allentown: Hnrvpv O Wnllo thirty-four, a tailor, of Allentown, aud a brother of John F. Wolle. Chinese War Nutei. Russians fighting around Tasi-Chcw i are reported to have killed 3000 Chinese. Secretary Long believes the Chinese troubles will work themselves out amicably. The exportation of arms or ammunition to China was prohibited by England. It is . umored that when China is reorganized her capital will be moved to Shanghai. An unconfirmed report in Paris said that. 7000 Christians h;id been massacred east of Fukln THIS YEAR'S PENSION ROLL The Number on the List Increased to 993,529. A. Total of $131,534,544 l'ald to th< BeneQclarie* Durlnr the Fact Flucal Yeiir. Washington. D. C. (Special). - The annual report 01 uie ^umunooiumn vi Pensions shows the number of pensions allowed on original applications during the year ended on June 30, 1900. was 40,645. and the number restored to the rolls was 4699, making a total of new names added to the rolls of 45,344. The number of pensioners dropped from the rolls during the year by reason of death, remarriage and other causes was 43,334, showing an increase of 2010 on rhe roll^ag compared with the close of the mtjtl yeai 1899. $he number of pensioners on the to'rajanfe 30, 1899, was 991,619, andlp Jane 30,'W00, -393,52$ ; TB? 'drzartoat of the roll at the close to&tte yqp? 1899 was 1^1,617,961, whilijf' at the close of the fiscal yeai ende# Jaoe 3d, 1900, It was fl31,534, 544. ,. Ttuu, while the rolliJncreased in ntimWre, fr decrensed M aiinial cost to tbe amount of Tbe average annual cost of ffltpfiosiiu fell from $132.74 to $132.39. 'The average rate under the general laws increased from $165.70 to $167.53, while the average rate under tbe act of June 27. 1S90, decreased from $108.99 to $108.28. The avenge aijraal cost ot pensions granted oil accqllreof service in the war with from ,*190.53 to $169.10* This is #! a WgJj average as oomnated paid other pensioners, bat It wflfprob< ably soon conform to the geQA^I:iiTerage of pensioners on the roll The probabilities are tha$ the new lejtfslation enacted by thejwtojeatCbn? Kress will^result :n a Iargft|acreflSe'Jn the number of pen3ioneE?M'Jn/$Jte annual oost of the pen|j^^Hfeduring the fiscal year.endin^^flHgHHBB| There are pensioned lK7flr ' ?Mter?; wliose service has bee^ejndere^tfncg March 4, 1861, and '''ttfthls alfebej 430.G57. or 58 per cent.;?re peimMB under the act of June 27^1830!' 1 ot.m number of widows (221,376) pensiojjip on account of service rendered bjtfflp husbands sinc^ March 4, 18G1, l35i?2G, or nearly 60,j>er cent., are pensioner* under the act of June 27. 1890. Jt ap pears from' this showing that tberp fi a steady Increase In the number ol beneficiaries under^the act of J one 27.1800. while there Is a corresponding decrease in the number of persons who are receiving pensions under the general laws. , vnnur i nwcoe nic mrcrucD ? vuiiu uw v unw i/ib i wuw.ffiwMi Wot Haying: Vontr Enonfb to W?d 'Take Polton During a.DMvOy-'? v Clinton, Mo. (Special). Jones and Bonnie Turner, 'todMHlMi people living near Coal, a y(lla|nbjani twelve miles east of CllnjMjBHN found in a dying condition Jfc.a.OTggJ by the roadside. They died about two hours later from the effects' tit morphine which they had taken with sulci' dal intent. Jones was about twentytwo years old. and Miss Bonnie was eighteen last Sautrday. They have been keeping company foi over a year, and had intended tc marry, but unfortunately .Tones was kicked by a horse, this summer neces sitating the expenditure of the monej hp had nnvpri to mnrrr nn fnr mpriipn attendance. As soon as he recovered and found It njcessary to leave horn* in search of work the young folks de cided that they would rather (lie to getlier than be- separated. They went driving in the afternoon, remaining away all night. In the morning the] unhitched the horse from the Imggy tied him to the fence, fastened the lai robe over the side of the buggy toi so that they could not be seen froii the road, and took morphine. About 9 o'clock a man passing dis covered them. Three physicians were summoned, but were unable to save them. A note to Jones's mother wai found in his memorandum book telling where his picture could be found an<3 asking that they be buried in the samt grave. RUSSIA'S POLICY STATED. Accenrn a German Commander Now. Bai May Find It Necessary to Act Alone. St. Petersburg, Russia (By CablehThe Official Messenger prints a lonj communication in reference to Rus sia's acquiescence in the appointmeni of General Count von Waldersee as commander of the allied forces ii China. It concludes: "It must not be overlooked thai while the Emperor assents to plac( the Russian detachment under tht command of a German field marshal, his Majesty has not the least intention of receding from bis political programme. the fundamental principles of which compromise a complete understanding with France and the other Powers. Pursuing uo selfish alms,and striving only for the speedy restoration of order aud the best re lations with her neighbor, China, Russia remains true to her historical traditions, and if prolongation of disorders in China should absolutely necessitate vigorous military action she will still abide steadfastly by the humane heritage which has been the glory of her army," China'* Etupreai a Prlioner. Admiral Remey cabled a Japanese report that the Empress Dowager is a prisoner of Prince Yungedo in the inner city, which was bombarded by the allies. f 7 Boer Army Get* Away. General De Wet, the Boer General, has succeeded in joining hands with rv>mTYinndiint DeLarev, who is holding Rustenburg, thus outstripping Kitchener auil Methuen, who were pressing him hard. Harsh With the Boers. General Roberts has issued from Pretoria more rigorous orders against the Boers, rescinding moderate regulations. Prominent People. General Chaffee is a native of Ohio. Emperor Kwang Hau of China is only thirty years old. The Shah of Persia has abandoned his proposed visit to Berlin. Miss Helen Zimmerman, of Cincinnati. denied that she was engaged to the Duke of Manchester. General Cronje, the Boer captive, it is said, is recognized as an expert golf player on the St. Helena links. Senator Heitfeldt, of Idaho, used to be a cowboy in Kansas, and has always been more or less engaged in ^ tock-raising. / , ? I iff ALLIES TOOK PEIIN I Their Flags Now Floating Ov;jr thi Imperial Palace. 1 v* i? THE STORY Of THE RESCUE. i Joyful Reception of the Keller Coin in a by the Emaciated Foreigner* ? JMIIef \ , Enter the Sacred City?Two Companlei ofthe Fourteenth Infantry Climbed tlu Wall and Hoiftted the Star* and Strlpei i Pekin^ via ClieeFoo (By Cable).? I The American and Russian flags were i planted on the east wall of Pekin at ' 11 o'clock on the moruing the city was ; captured. The Indian troops entered ! the British Legation at 1 and the Americans at 3. ? - ' 1 Tiiere was a joyiui recepuw huuj ' the wall. The euiaciatcd tenants could , have lasted but little longer. They , had only three dnys' rations. The Chinese had been attacking fuj riously for two days. Four thousand shells fell in the legation during the 1 siege. Sixty-five persons ,were killed ?>. and 160 wounded. K The Japanese began the battle be.;-j fore daylight, and they ar# still fight' Ing about the north wall, where a part ' of the Chinese ar^ defending the impe1 rial city. The Japanesegggliggjtles ' have not yet been ascerta!lMfl?' Thfluf^ Russians had live killed -a3B twdrMKil 1 wounded. The Amerlcaijj^'jLftl 1 British had a few woundpd^*.. v | ' The plan was to make aJtf^erat ittnj&fm ( ;tack the next day, an$?tne were Arriving at camp, five miles east, ' : V all night. They were compjtettBy hairs ted, and slept in the corn fleldfl . The generals, however, ir'fhe sounds of a heav/ attaolt Oh the ^legations, joshed for^^^ I FeuUy. tbe Jai'ir.au, JJliyilUEUI nuu I^I^ncfr/on ttie left a? the irtv^r and whicliuie ofhei-s <jl!mb?d to the ttp.% __ Th?- rihlttogA. K\H onnHnnnll^aKg. HA^n BubJ iVil i 'd fr}i*? ft tfcif&rei 3 jrlWjV yw^BBBywr* | as Chinese forces are reported in the ; .j i neighborhood of Pel-Tseng. , The reply of the United States Gov* tMj ernment to the offer, pf. LI Hung Chang } " to negotiate undtfB$tedly, says the Times, represent# ^Hw,'position which , an tne rowe^r flonceraeu uavc agietu^ FUA WHk'CI>tr>x'? Trenare. * ? 1 Paris <ajr A dispatch to the \ 1 Temps flKure|nanghai reports that the Dowa$^Empress fled_ from Pekin with trmttb to the amount of ; ??<xooo,oe?. 1 SJie has been intercepted, ; and her party is surrounded by Jap- ,ij| j anese cavalry. f No tlore Troop* Available. I Washtagton. D. C. (Special). ? The ' '& i War Department has no information soncerfiing. the report from London j that additional troops for the allied 3 armies are urgently needed.' If this, i t is the case nothing more enn be done > by this Government at present, as no _|j more American troops are available. r The New Queen of Italy. A Fortune in a Vacant Hoait, Executors of the estate of Mrs. Sa- | biua Beer, who recently died at Madl- ;.\S son, Peun.. found $10,000 in a cheat in the house, !>500.? or it iu golu. 1 he J house had been vacant for several J weeks. Karl T.i'it Appeal Kcjecteil. Li Hung Chang's appeal ?or peace negotiations wa$ re/eeted at a Cabinet meeting in Washington'on the ground that no recognized Government existed. ' . \ Great Heat oil South Atlantic Coast. The highest temperature known in years has prevailed along the South Atlantic coast during the last few days. '.it Savannah, Ga., the thermometer reached 102degrees; at Brunswick, Ga., 101 degrees. At interior points the heat has been intense. Girl Killed by Burglar. Miss May L. Fosburg, daughter of a | Buffalo contractor, was killed by 8 burglar in Pittstield, Mass.. while hei I father and brother were lighting twi I other robber* I irtftil ? i